Department of Chemistry & Physics
Unrivaled access to outstanding lab facilities and a warm, close-knit community of students and faculty are hallmarks of chemistry at DeSales.
The majors in Chemistry and Biochemistry-Molecular Biology offer a uniquely DeSales experience. Our small class sizes, modern laboratories, and supportive community create an atmosphere for learning enriched by our Salesian values. Your teachers, advisors
and research mentors know you and are dedicated to your success.
Our faculty represent a broad range of individual specialties and are well-respected for their research and professional activities. You will have the opportunity to take part in research, publish and present your work, and participate in a dynamic community
of scientific inquiry.
You’ll have hands-on access to facilities unrivaled at many other liberal arts universities. Throughout their education, students gain extensive experience with instrumentation. Thanks to our generous endowments, grants, and benefactors, our instrument suite includes a recently purchased Fluorimeter, HPLC, and Bomb Calorimeter, and UV-VIS and IR spectrometers in addition to an AA, NMR, ICP-AES, GC, and GC-MS. Our freshman chemistry lab and physics labs are equipped with Pasco sensors and software that enable digital data collection and analysis.
Physician Assistant Graduates Earn Perfect Pass Rate on PANCE
Physician assistant graduates have done it yet again. For the second straight year, the PA program is boasting a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE).
The class of 2018, which was made up of 77 students, earned a perfect pass rate on the PANCE. The national average was 98 percent. Between 2002 and 2015, the PA program maintained a perfect pass rate. In 2016, it dropped to 97 percent. Still, the program has never fallen below the national average.
PANCE is the only exam given to graduating physician assistants and it must be passed in order to be eligible for licensure in all 50 states.
Physician Assistant Graduates Earn Perfect Pass Rate on PANCE
Physician assistant graduates have done it yet again. For the second straight year, the PA program is boasting a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE).
The class of 2018, which was made up of 77 students, earned a perfect pass rate on the PANCE. The national average was 98 percent. Between 2002 and 2015, the PA program maintained a perfect pass rate. In 2016, it dropped to 97 percent. Still, the program has never fallen below the national average.
PANCE is the only exam given to graduating physician assistants and it must be passed in order to be eligible for licensure in all 50 states.